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State police investigate death of 8-month-old boy

State police are investigating the death of an 8-month-old boy in southeastern Indiana after a preliminary autopsy indicated he died from blunt force trauma to the head.

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Updated: 7:42 AM EDT Sep 9, 2013

State police investigate death of 8-month-old boy

State police are investigating the death of an 8-month-old boy in southeastern Indiana after a preliminary autopsy indicated he died from blunt force trauma to the head.

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Updated: 7:42 AM EDT Sep 9, 2013

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WEBVTT AFTER HE'S FOUND UN- RESPONSIVE INSIDE A SALEM, INDIANA HOME. WLKY'S ERICA COGHILL JOINS US LIVE FROM KOSAIR CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL... WITH THE LATEST ON THIS INVESTIGATION. ERICA? KAREN, MONICA, AUTHORITIES TELL US WHEN EIGHT-MONTH-OLD LEELAN CRAIN'S MOTHER FOUND HIM UNRESPONSIVE... SHE AND HER BOYFRIEND DROVE HIM SAINT VINCENT HOSPITAL IN SALEM, BUT HE WAS SO BADLY HURT, AN AIR AMBULANCE BROUGHT HIM HERE TO KOSAIR CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL WHERE HE DIED SEVERAL HOURS LATER. WE LEARNED YESTERDAY FROM THE CORONER'S OFFICE THAT LITTLE LEELAN DIED FROM BLUNT FORCE TRAUMA. SINCE YESTERDAY, POLICE CARS SURROUNDED THE COUPLE'S HOME... AS AUTHORITIES BEGAN THEIR INVESTIGATION. POLICE TELL US LEELAN LIVED AT THE HOME WITH HIS MOTHER AND HER BOYFRIEND. AUTHORITIES SAY HIS MOTHER FOUND HIM UNCONSCIOUS AROUND 7 SATURDAY NIGHT. AND WLKY SPOKE WITH THE COUPLE'S NEIGHBOR, MATT MARION, WHO SAYS HE TALKED WITH THE BOYFRIEND AS POLICE SEARCHED THE HOME. WHILE THE NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF GENERAL MEDICAL SCIENCES SAYS BLUNT FORCE TRAUMA OCCURS WHEN THE BODY IS STRUCK WITH AN OBJECT OF FORCE, CAUSING CONCUSSIONS, LACERATIONS OR FRACTURES... AUTHORITIES WILL ONLY SAY THIS CASE IS BEING TREATED AS A DEATH INVESTIGATION RIGHT NOW. MORE INFORMATION ON THE INVESTIGATION IS EXPECTED THIS WEEK. IT COULD TAKE UP TO SIX WEEKS, HOWEVER, FOR POLICE TO GET ALL THEIR MEDICAL REPORTS BACK AND WRAP UP THEIR INVESTIGATION.

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State police investigate death of 8-month-old boy

State police are investigating the death of an 8-month-old boy in southeastern Indiana after a preliminary autopsy indicated he died from blunt force trauma to the head.